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Maria Pia Conte

Acting Born Mar 10, 1944 Lavagna, Liguria, Italy 24 credits

Biography

Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet. After a few experiences as a child actress, she was first noted as a fotoromanzi model, then she decided to pursue an acting career and enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1962. Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the Marco Bellocchio's short film La colpa e la pena, then she appeared in a number of films and TV-series, often in secondary roles, being sometimes credited as Mary P. Count. She was also occasionally active as a voice actress and a dubber. She retired in the late 1970s. She was married to actor Giuseppe Rinaldi (1919-2007) and is the mother of actress Francesca Rinaldi.

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Full filmography

  • The Arena (1974) as Lucinia
  • Che dottoressa ragazzi! (1976) as Sigrun
  • Tony Arzenta (1973) as Carre's Secretary in the Nightclub (uncredited)
  • La svergognata (1974)
  • If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) as Jane
  • Madame Bovary (1969) as Felicitas
  • And Now My Love (1974)
  • The Novice (1975) as Franca
  • Spasmo (1974) as Xenia
  • At the Battle of Crete (1970) as Anna Gordon
  • The Hanging Woman (1973) as Nadia Mihaly
  • Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) as La femme d'Henri
  • Riot in a Women's Prison (1974) as Martine's Friend
  • Day of Violence (1977) as Ostaggia
  • War Between the Planets (1966) as -
  • Snow Devils (1967) as Countess
  • Five Dollars for Ringo (1966) as Miriam Gray
  • Zorro's Latest Adventure (1970) as Isabel
  • Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) as Moglie del pizzicagnolo
  • Gegè Bellavita (1979) as Mercedes
  • The Labyrinth of Sex (1969)
  • Dynamite Jim (1966) as Lupita
  • Naked Sicilian Wife (1978) as Sandra
  • My Father's Nurse (1976) as Fiona, Filippo's wife